Egypt
- Online: A Virtual Exploration Of The Lost Labyrinth
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis This paper reports on a case study that explores the possibility of reproducing a destroyed historic site from its remaining artefacts. Using VR (virtual reality) technologies, we construct a series of low-end, 3D...
- Technology To Throw New Light On Ancient Artifacts
Science Daily New technology which makes it possible to study the finer details of some of the world's greatest historical artifacts has been developed by computer scientists and archaeologists at the University of Southampton in conjunction with...
- More Re Boston's Mfa Using3d Tech To Study Pyramids
Art Daily This is basically PR for the two partners involved but it has a great photo of one of the mastaba reconstructions. This partnership will enable real-time virtual reconstruction of the Giza plateau based on actual archaeological data. The collaboration...
- Walk Like An Egyptian - Or A Roman
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070515102529.htm Okay, so the word "Egypt" is mentioned nowhere in this article accept in its title. But regular readers will know that I am an absolute push-over for blending technology and archaeology, and...
- Eternal Egypt At National Science Week, Japan
http://www.bangkokpost.com/Database/24Aug2005_data52.phpThe National Science Week 2005 exhibition in Japan, which opened this week at the Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani, has a joint exhibit by IBM and the Egyptian government: "The Eternal Egypt project...
Egypt
Saturday Trivia
The world has been sadly short of archaeological trivia recently, but here's are some bits of forthcoming "virtual" wizadry from the world of technology, that might interest and/or amuse:
Virtual archaeology on the move
http://tinyurl.com/jt4mn (istresults.cordis.europa.eu)
"An Italian-led research project is developing a service that allows visitors to use their camera-equipped 3G mobile telephones to get a personalised multimedia guide to archaeological sites and museums. A tour of a big outdoor cultural site can sometimes be a frustrating experience if objects are not easily located, identified or placed in historical context. The Agamemnon project is working on an interactive multimedia system that provides relevant text, videos, speech and pictures with 3D reconstructions, to visitors' mobile telephones."
Virtual historical worlds
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/521212/
Virtual archaeology on the move
http://tinyurl.com/jt4mn (istresults.cordis.europa.eu)
"An Italian-led research project is developing a service that allows visitors to use their camera-equipped 3G mobile telephones to get a personalised multimedia guide to archaeological sites and museums. A tour of a big outdoor cultural site can sometimes be a frustrating experience if objects are not easily located, identified or placed in historical context. The Agamemnon project is working on an interactive multimedia system that provides relevant text, videos, speech and pictures with 3D reconstructions, to visitors' mobile telephones."
Virtual historical worlds
http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/521212/
"Computer technology brings ancient worlds to life, but archaeologists debate whether it resembles long-ago reality or reality TV. Jeffrey Clark, Ph.D., director of the Archaeology Technologies Laboratory at North Dakota State University, Fargo, notes the technology that creates such virtual worlds allows people to explore historical locations in a unique way. At the same time, virtual models of past places and the artifacts found there may portray facts bolstered with assumptions. Clark’s comments are among those featured in the article “Digital Digs” in a recent issue of Nature."
See the above article for the full story. Details of the Nature issue which contains the paper upon which the article is based can be found at:
http://www.nature.com/index.html
- Online: A Virtual Exploration Of The Lost Labyrinth
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis This paper reports on a case study that explores the possibility of reproducing a destroyed historic site from its remaining artefacts. Using VR (virtual reality) technologies, we construct a series of low-end, 3D...
- Technology To Throw New Light On Ancient Artifacts
Science Daily New technology which makes it possible to study the finer details of some of the world's greatest historical artifacts has been developed by computer scientists and archaeologists at the University of Southampton in conjunction with...
- More Re Boston's Mfa Using3d Tech To Study Pyramids
Art Daily This is basically PR for the two partners involved but it has a great photo of one of the mastaba reconstructions. This partnership will enable real-time virtual reconstruction of the Giza plateau based on actual archaeological data. The collaboration...
- Walk Like An Egyptian - Or A Roman
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070515102529.htm Okay, so the word "Egypt" is mentioned nowhere in this article accept in its title. But regular readers will know that I am an absolute push-over for blending technology and archaeology, and...
- Eternal Egypt At National Science Week, Japan
http://www.bangkokpost.com/Database/24Aug2005_data52.phpThe National Science Week 2005 exhibition in Japan, which opened this week at the Impact Arena in Muang Thong Thani, has a joint exhibit by IBM and the Egyptian government: "The Eternal Egypt project...